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Chitra
Village
ChitraLocation in Jharkhand, IndiaShow map of JharkhandChitraChitra (India)Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°07′14″N 86°52′00″E / 24.120567°N 86.866678°E / 24.120567; 86.866678
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Population
• Total	2,430
Languages .*For language details see Sarath, Deoghar#Language and religion
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	815351
Telephone/ STD code	06438
Lok Sabha constituency	Dumka
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Sarath
Website	deoghar.nic.in

Chitra is a village in Sarath CD block in the Madhupur subdivision of the Deoghar district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography

Location

Chitra is located at 24°07′14″N 86°52′00″E / 24.120567°N 86.866678°E / 24.120567; 86.866678.

Overview

The map shows a large area, which is a plateau with low hills, except in the eastern portion where the Rajmahal hills intrude into this area and the Ramgarh hills are there. The south-western portion is just a rolling upland. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation.

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Area

Chitra has an area of 171 hectares (420 acres).

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Chitra had a total population of 2,430, of which 1,252 (52%) were males and 1,172 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 330. The total number of literate persons in Chitra was 2,100 (76.86% of the population over 6 years).

Civic administration

Police station

There is a police station at Chitra.

Chitra Coalfield

Chitra Coalfield is operated as a part of SP Mines Area of Eastern Coalfields.

Education

DAV Public School at Chitra was established in 1995. It secured affiliation of CBSE for class X in 1999 and a senior secondary school (plus two level) in 2003. It has been set up in association with ECL.

Chitra Inter College is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1993. It has facilities for teaching in class XI and class XII.

High School Chitra is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1974. It has facilities for teaching in class IX and class X.

References

1. Roychoudhury, P.C. "Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas". Chapter I: General. Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
2. ^ "District Census Handbook, Deoghar, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 25: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
3. "District Police Profile - Deoghar". Jharkhand Police. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
4. "Eastern Coalfields Limited – SP Mines Area". ZonalInfo. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
5. "DAV Public School S.P. Mines (ECL)". DAV Public School. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
6. "Chitra Inter College Chitra". Schools.org. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
7. "HS Chitra". Schools.org. Retrieved 3 November 2020.

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